Attachment for clotheslines



Aug. 28, 1923. I 1,466,570 E. B. SWINDLE ATTACHMENT FOR CLOTHESLINES Filed Jan. 5, 1922 IdM/ZZ salad/ INVENTOR WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented Augl 28, I

EDNA 'B. swmnnnporr LANARK, MONTANA.

' ATTACHMENT non, CLOTHESLINES;

' Application filed January 3, 1922) Serial No. 526,774.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDNA B. SWInDLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lanark, in the county of Sheridan and State of Montana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Clotheslines, of which the following is a specification. g

The object of this invention is to provide means for preventing (-lothes when hanging upon a line from being marked by the clothes pins by the use of pads placed on the line.

Another object of the invention is. to

provide a container 'for holding the pads when not in use, said container being slid ably connected with the line.

' A further objectof the invention is to makethe pads capable of being treated with an anti-freezing solution to prevent the clothes from freezing to the line in cold weather. 7 This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, and in which In these views 1 indicates the pads which v are made of tubular or ring shape so that they can be threaded upon the. line. These pads are made of any suitable material, such as cotton, and are of sufiicient length to prevent the clothes pin from pressing the clothes against the; line, thus preventing pin marks from appearing on the clothes.

Figure 1 is a view showing the parts in The padswhen not in use. are adapted to be placed inia container 2, the ends of whlch are closed by removable caps 3, said caps being perforated, as atl, to receive the clothes line 5. A small tube 6 is threaded upon the wire and is adapted to be placed in the container. The pads are adapted to be threadedupon this tube when not being used and the tube placed in the container.

When'the temperature is at the freezing point the pads 'may be saturated. with an anti-freezing solution so as to keep the clothes from freezing on the line. This'solution may be injected into the containerbyl a syringe or the like. As will be seen the container and tube are slidably mounted on i the line and by providing this container for the pads it is not necessary to remove the pads from the line and-they will be kept clean by being enclosed in the container.

All parts of the device are formed ofnonrusting material.

It is thought from the foregoing description that theadvantages andnovel features 3 of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangementof the several parts, provided'that such changes fall within the scope of-the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. An attachment for clothes lines comprising a container'having perforated" ends for receiving the line and pads of tubular shape located in the container and adapted to be threaded upon the line. 2. An attachment for clothes lines comprising a container having removable ends,

said ends having central perforations through which the line passes, a tube in the container and adapted to be threaded upon the line and pads of tubular shape threaded upon the'tube and'adapted to beplaced on the line under the clothes pins. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDNA Bi SWINDLE. 

